Ruth Nelta
Last updated: 08.06.25
All that can presently (November 2023) be gleaned about Ruth Nelta from sheet music covers and by Internet searching is that she was presumably an American actress/singer who has been featured on 4 works published between 1899 and 1904. Her portrait on the left is taken from My Honolulu Queen - Song (1899) music by William H. Penn, words by James O'Dea and published by Sol Bloom, New York & Chicago, USA.
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| Title | Attribution | Instruments | Source | Remarks |
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Little Boy Called ''Taps'' (1904), A | T.F. Morse (music) E. Madden (words) Ruth Nelta (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Greer |  |
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My Honolulu Queen - Song (1899) | W.H. Penn (music) O'Dea, James (words) Ruth Nelta (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | |
The peformer is featured on 4 sheet music/recording covers. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER
| Title | Composer | Attribution | Items |
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You Tell Me Your Dream, I'll Tell You Mine (1899) | Charles Neil Daniels | Seymour Rice (words) Albert H. Brown (words) Ruth Nelta (perf.) |
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Blue Bell (1904) | Theodore F. Morse | Edward Madden (words)
Ruth Nelta (perf.) |
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Little Boy Called ''Taps'' (1904), A | Theodore F. Morse | Edward Madden (words)
Ruth Nelta (perf.) |
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My Honolulu Queen - Song (1899) | William H. Penn | James O'Dea (words)
Ruth Nelta (perf.) |